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Autoimmunity in Long Covid and POTS.

Fatema-Zahra El-RhermoulArtur FedorowskiPhilip EardleyPatricia TaraborrelliDimitrios PanagopoulosRichard SuttonPhang Boon LimMelanie Dani
Published in: Oxford open immunology (2023)
Orthostatic intolerance and other autonomic dysfunction syndromes are emerging as distinct symptom clusters in Long Covid. Often accompanying these are common, multi-system constitutional features such as fatigue, malaise and skin rashes which can signify generalized immune dysregulation. At the same time, multiple autoantibodies are identified in both Covid-related autonomic disorders and non-Covid autonomic disorders, implying a possible underlying autoimmune pathology. The lack of specificity of these findings precludes direct interpretations of cause and association, but their prevalence with its supporting evidence is compelling.
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